I spent the afternoon yesterday at a meeting that included several teachers from our local high schools. It seems we’re trying to align the curriculum at the high school to better prepare students for entering our two-year programs. I didn’t hear this at the meeting, but talking to these teachers made me a bit more receptive to something a friend forwarded me today:
School Answering Machine
Hello…You have reached […] High School.
- To lie about why your child is absent, press 1
- To make excuses for why your child did not do his work, press 2
- To complain about what we do, press 3
- To swear at staff members, press 4
- To ask why you didn’t get info that was already enclosed in your newsletter and several flyers mailed to you, press 5
- If you want us to raise your child, press 6
- If you want to reach out and touch, slap, or hit someone, press 7
- To request another teacher, for the third time this year, press 8
- To complain about bus transportation, press 9
- To complain about school lunches, press 0
If you realize that this is the real world and your child must be accountable and responsible for his/her own behavior, classwork, homework, and it’s not the teacher’s fault for your child’s lack of effort, hang up and have a nice day.